Matthew Sweet on 'The Great Dictator: A Life of Barbara Cartland'

Julian Lloyd Webber on 'Bows and Arrows – The Autobiography'

Mary Beard on 'Talking Classics: The Shock of the Old'

Kindly sponsored by Kicker Holidays

A N Wilson – The Wise and their Works - The Great Exhibition of 1851

Rowan Williams – Solidarity – The Work of Recognition

Tony Adams – 1996 – Reflections on the Year that Changed My Life

Sponsored by Noble Caledonia small cruises

Sponsored by Kirker Holidays with all funds to The Dufferin Foundation.

With speeches from:

Prue Leith

Andrew Gailey - The Lost Imperialist: Lord Dufferin, Memory and Mythmaking in an Age of Celebrity

Andrew Wilson- The Wise and Their Works that celebrates the 175th anniversary of the historic Great Exhibition of 1851.

Robert Hardman - Elizabeth II: In Private. In Public. The Inside Story (2026)

James Reed - Karma Capitalism: Why Being a Good Business is Good Business

Sinclair McKay - Dad's Army: The Glorious True Story of the Home Guard

Andrew Graham-Dixon - Vermeer: A life lost and found

Sponsored by Hebridean Island Cruises

Colin S Bell, 105 on Bloody Dangerous: Fifty missions over Germany: The last first-hand account from WWII

Robert Hardman on Elizabeth II: In Private. In Public. The Inside Story

Hugo Vickers on Queen Elizabeth II: A Personal History

Sebastian Faulks: Fires Which Burned Brightly: A Life in Progress

Sara Wheeler: Jan Morris - A Life

Anna Mathias: The Greyhound Diary by Judy Montagu

The lunch was sponsored by Noble Caledonia